As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs.

I don't start with an idea or concept in the sense that I flesh out an idea or concept and set it at the center of something.

Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal.

I'm confused, and brilliant books help me to be less so.

I am clearer in my mind and a bit less confused than I used to be.

Sunday was always the best of days for being the self you had intended to be, but were not, for one reason or another.

I want to say less, and it's easier to say less.